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EVALUATIONS:
AUSTIN - August 11 - 13
BRYAN - August 19
COLORADO - July 19 KATY - July 24, July 26-29, August 2 SAN ANTONIO - July 16 -19, 23-24, 30 -
SCREENINGS:
BRYAN - July 20
Hillcrest Baptist Church
4220 Boonville Road
Bryan, TX 77802-3674
Screenings: 9:00am - 12:00pm
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Seminar: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Email for an appointment:
Woodlands - July 22
27326 Robinson Road
Oak Ridge North, TX 77385
Screenings: 9:00am - 12:00,
1:00pm -3:00pm
Seminar: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
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Why did the woman wear a helmet to the dinner table? SEE ANSWER BELOW
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Q: "What Is The Difference Between the LGS program for Dyslexia and other programs out there?"
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I am so glad you asked that question! There are so many views of dyslexia, it's symptoms, classifications, treatment varieties and approaches. Where the LGS program differs is that we do not recognize the symptoms from a single source. We know dyslexia is a multi-faceted and that a wide variety of areas are considered. We look at the total person and what's going on with them specifically. Then, we focus on remediating their issues at the "root cause". The brain holds the answer, or more accurately "changing the brain" is where the answer lies. When neuro-pathways are underdeveloped, when communication between the brain and body are not efficient, when there are dominance issues in play, dyslexic "symptoms" appear. When those issues are resolved, then the symptoms disappear, and as one of our 10 year-old clients proudly told his dad, "I don't have dyslexia anymore! I can do my work like everyone else."
Most especially what sets us apart: "We do not offer coping and compensating skills or strategies, as we have a better, lifetime, permanent solution given to the individual!"
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LGS, A Neurodevelopmental Innovator
Meeting Your Needs
Little Giant Steps (LGS) has served the needs of families for almost two decades. Today thousands of children are succeeding in life because although they missed the process of completing the natural developmental requirements during early development, that process was completed through this successful intervention methodology. Please feel free to contact us. We serve clientele internationally.
Little Giant Steps
3354 Lanarc Dr.
Plano, TX 75023
Ph: 972-758-1260
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What's So Tricky About Phonics?
As I have been reading articles about the debate on phonics, I ran across a good explanation of this discussion by a BBC correspondent, Mike Baker:
"Phonics is an accepted part of the government's recommended approach to teaching literacy and few now argue over whether or not it should be used.
Instead the debate is about which type of phonics works best: analytic or synthetic. So how do they differ?
Analytic phonics is already in widespread use. It breaks down words into phonetic beginnings and endings.
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 Many teachers fear it does not suit all children's learning styles and argue it is so mechanistic it can destroy the joy of reading 
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In the jargon, this is called "onset and rime". So, for example, the word street would be broken into two parts: "str" and "eet".
By contrast, synthetic phonics is more prescriptive.
Before children are introduced to books, they have an intensive period of learning the 44 letter and letter-combination sounds in the English language. They then use these to reconstruct words. So, in our example of the word street, they would build it up from all its constituent sounds: s- t- r- ee- t.
Advocates of synthetic phonics say children should be taught this method fast, first and only. It is this which makes the method controversial: it is, in effect, an all-your-eggs-in-one-basket approach. Many teachers fear it does not suit all children's learning styles and argue it is so mechanistic it can destroy the joy of reading."
What really amazes me is that these controversial issues, with many political overtones, are missing a critical piece of the phonics problem. What these theorists, with all their expertise and experience fail to recognize (many are not informed) that there are important and vital fundamentals that rest with the basic steps of development where phonics are concerned.
This piece of information is what we've labeled as, "The Best Kept Secret In Education". The fact is that without the development of at least a 5 to 6 digit auditory skill level ability being firmly established, the individual simply cannot succeed with phonics due to their inability to hold pieces of information in short term memory. If they can't hold it in short term memory, they cannot manipulate, nor store it in long term memory.
Yes, there will always be those who think the best you can do is to teach coping and compensating strategies; but we know better! Through the neuro-educational techniques the phonics issue can be resolved for a lifetime and the debate over what is best, synthetic or analytic, becomes a mute point.
Here's a great resource to help you establish a strong and much needed skill: Auditory Processing.
Resource: Mike Baker, One-Minute World News, December 1, 2005 |
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THSC BOOK FAIR
Friday & Saturday
July 29, 30, 31st
10th Annual THSC State Convention and Family Conference
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott
The Woodlands, Texas
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Texas Home School Coalition (THSC)
Lubbock, Texas
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NTHEN 2010
Friday & Saturday
August 13, 14th
9 am - 5 pm
Plano Centre
200 East Spring Creek Parkway
Plano, TX 75074
Sponsored by
North Texas Home Educators' Network
Tel 972-772-0082
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Take the opportunity to get a quick snapshot of your child's functional abilities; then learn how to make things better!
ND SCREENINGS
A special gift for you!!! The charge for an individual screening is $15.00, and only ONE screening per family. Contact LGS or your nearest neuro-educational specialist to find out where or when the screenings are scheduled. Screenings take approximately 20-30 minutes. Test results are available in a report at an afternoon or evening seminar.
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